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Hack It

A number of technologies are available to companies to prevent hacking attacks. The most popular tools are Internet firewalls, anti-virus software, intrusion detection systems, and vulnerability assessment tools. Firewalls are used to set up a virtual wall between the Internet and the company's internal network to repel attackers. Anti-virus software detectsand removes computer viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. Intrusion detection systems watch over critical networks and computers looking for suspicious activities, and can alert administrators in the event of an attack. Finally, corporations use vulnerability assessment tools to inventory their computing infrastructure and better understand the existing vulnerabilities.

Tools of the trade: Hackers have a variety of tools at their disposal to use in breaching computing and telecommunications equipment. Some hackers meet at conferences to exchange ideas and preview the latest gadgets.

Contrary to popular belief, most hackers are not international or industrial spies with evil motives and a desire to rule the world; most hackers have a simpler agenda. Among hackers, one of the most frequently cited motivations is that hacking is fun and is like solving a game or a puzzle. Many hackers perceive their activities to be harmless and they do not believe that they are victimizing anyone. In addition, the thrill of doing something illegal or the ability to access data unavailable to the public can be a tempting motivator. The chance to earn recognition from within a hacker group also offers strong incentive for up-and-coming hackers who have yet to gain a reputation. Finally, many hackers justify their actions by explaining that they are doing a service for other

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Enumeration - It's 4th

Enumeration.

The third phase is the process of identifying user accounts and poorly protected computing resources. During the enumeration stage, the hacker connects to computers in the target network and pokes around these systems to gain more information. While the scanning phase might be compared to a knock on the door or a turn of the doorknob to see if it is locked, enumeration could be compared to entering an office and rifling through a file cabinet or desk drawer for information. It is definitely more intrusive.

Penetration.

 

During the fourth phase, penetration, the attacker attempts to gain control of one or more systems in the target network. For example, once an attacker has acquired a list of usernames during enumeration, he can usually guess one of the users' passwords and gain more extensive access to that user's account. Alternatively, once the attacker has determined that a target computer is running an old or buggy piece of software or one that is configured improperly, the hacker may attempt to exploit known vulnerabilities with this software to gain control of the system.

Advance.

In the advance phase of hacking, the attacker leverages computers or accounts that have been compromised during penetration to launch additional attacks on the target network. For instance, the attacker can break into more sensitive administrator root accounts, install backdoors or Trojan horse programs, and install network sniffers to gather additional information (for example, passwords) from data flowing over the network.

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Yo Man It's 3rd

A Systematic Process

Although portrayed otherwise in Hollywood films and in television shows, hacking is a systematic, tiresome process in which the attacker attempts methodically to locate computer systems, identify their vulnerabilities, and then compromise those vulnerabilities to obtain access. Experts have identified six steps that are generally followed in the hacking process. These include (1) footprinting (reconnaissance); (2) scanning; (3) enumeration; (4) penetration; (5) advance; and (6) covering tracks.

Footprinting.

The first technique often used by hackers is called footprinting. The objective is to gather information essential to an attack and enable an attacker to obtain a complete profile of an organization's security posture. During this phase, the hacker might gain information about the location of the company, phone numbers, employee names, security policies, and the overall layout of the target network. Often, hackers can perform this work with a simple web browser, a telephone, and a search engine. Unfortunately, humans are often the weakest security link in a corporation. A clever phone call to the technical support department can often compromise critical information: "Hi—this is Bill and I forgot my password. Can you remind me what it is?

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It's Second Post

¥ What Is Footprinting?

Footprinting is the first and most convenient way that hackers use to gather information 
about computer systems and the companies they belong to.  The purpose of footprinting to 
learn as much as you can about a system, it's remote access capabilities, its ports and 
services, and the aspects of its security.

In order to perform a successful hack on a system, it is best to know as much as you can, 
if not everything, about that system.  While there is nary a company in the world that 
isn't aware of hackers, most companies are now hiring hackers to protect their systems.  
And since footprinting can be used to attack a system, it can also be used to protect it.  
If you can find anything out about a system, the company that owns that system, with the 
right personell, can find out anything they want about you.

In this talk, I will explain what the many functions of footprinting are and what they do. 
I'll also footprint everyone's favorite website, just to see how much info we can get on 
Grifter.

¥ Open Source Footprinting

Open Source Footprinting is the easiest and safest way to go about finding information 
about a company.  Information that is available to the public, such as phone numbers, 
addresses, etc.  Performing whois requests, searching through DNS tables, and scanning 
certain IP addresses for open ports, are other forms of open source footprinting.  Most 
of this information is fairly easy to get, and getting it is legal, legal is always good.

Most companies post a shit load of information about themselves on their website.  A lot 
of this information can be very useful to hackers and the companies don't even realize it.  
It may also be helpful to skim through the webpage's HTML source  to look for comments.  
Comments in HTML code are the equivalent to the small captions under the pictures in high 
school science books.  Some comments found in the HTML can hold small tid-bits of info 
about the company, otherwise not found anywhere else.

¥ Network Enumeration

Network Enumeration is the process of identifying domain names and associated networks.  
The process is performing various queries on the many whois databases found on the 
internet.  The result is the hacker now having the information needed to attack the system 
they are learning about.  Companie's domain names are listed with registrars, and the 
hacker would simply query the registrar to obtain the information they are looking for.  
The hacker simply needs to know which registrar the company is listed with.  There are 
five types of queries which are as follows:

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CEH Syllabus

CEH Syllabus overview

Posted on June 27, 2010 by Helaine — No Comments ↓

So that you can see whole course in one shot here are all the links to the weeks:
0. Orientation

1. Footprinting & Scanning
2. Enumeration & System Hacking
3. Trojans and Backdoors & Sniffers
4. DOS & Social Engineering
5. Session Hijacking & Web Servers
6. Web Applications & Passwords
7. SQL injection &  Wireless
8. Viruses & Novell
9. Linux & Evasion
10. Buffer Overflows & Cryptology

You might want to look at these from the calendar  stand point to see the dates and times for

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